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that's what saved us. and though suddenly homeless and still lacking in basics like electricity, this community is thriving, exercising together, caring for each other's children and tending to medical needs as they find a way to cope with disaster. "it's a shock but it's no one's fault. it's the tsunami's fault" sato says. "we have to get on with our lives." here there is no blame, only perseverance and fellowship in the face of so much loss. lucy craft, cbs news, koizumi, japan. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. we leave you with a reminder of the friendship between japan and the united states, the cherry trees presented to washington, d.c. by the mayor of tokyo 99 years ago this weekend. now in full bloom. a delicate symbol of hope and rerule in. good night.,,,,,,
that's what saved us. and though suddenly homeless and still lacking in basics like electricity, this community is thriving, exercising together, caring for each other's children and tending to medical needs as they find a way to cope with disaster. "it's a shock but it's no one's fault. it's the tsunami's fault" sato says. "we have to get on with our lives." here there is no blame, only perseverance and fellowship in the face of so much loss. lucy craft, cbs news, koizumi,...
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"they kept telling us the plant was safe but they were leading us on all this time." and yet anger and bitterness are not the operative emotions here. hope and empathy are. she says "if getting angry would make things better or make us happier then we would. but instead of getting mad, it's better to help each other out." "we have to stay focused on the recovery" says this mother of two. "that's what we're all thinking about." these are the survivors. it's estimated more than 20,000 others will not have been so lucky. amazing grace... ♪ >> reporter: so kindness and cooperation are the anthem of strength. the saving grace of refugees whose ordeal has really just begun. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> couric: more now from our new cbs news poll out tonight. about half of americans say they're concerned about radiation from japan reaching the united states. about seven out of ten say they believe nuclear power plants here in the u.s. are generally safe but more than six in ten don't want one built near where they live. and 58% say the u.s. government is not prepared fo
"they kept telling us the plant was safe but they were leading us on all this time." and yet anger and bitterness are not the operative emotions here. hope and empathy are. she says "if getting angry would make things better or make us happier then we would. but instead of getting mad, it's better to help each other out." "we have to stay focused on the recovery" says this mother of two. "that's what we're all thinking about." these are the survivors....
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. >> the 2010 census is showing us that latinos have become a national population, no longer concentrated in the traditional gateway states. in fact, i think the story of the 2010 census is the rise of the latino south. >> reporter: census figures show the south was also a magnet for african americans moving out of northern cities like detroit and chicago. the black population in north carolina grew 18% over the past decade. georgia 26%. florida 28% >> these are new younger blacks who don't remember a lot of the bad stuff that went on in the south years ago, who don't remember being shut out of the suburbs. they want to have it all, they want to go with the jobs are. they want to go where the good houses are. >> a equals d, b. >> reporter: the anderson family left detroit... left detroit for atlanta when their jobs looked uncertain. >> we got a job the same week. i got a job and then he got a job. >> reporter: census figures from the city they left behind are so startling detroit's mayor wants a recount. nearly 240,000 people moved away this past decade-- a quarter of the city's populatio
. >> the 2010 census is showing us that latinos have become a national population, no longer concentrated in the traditional gateway states. in fact, i think the story of the 2010 census is the rise of the latino south. >> reporter: census figures show the south was also a magnet for african americans moving out of northern cities like detroit and chicago. the black population in north carolina grew 18% over the past decade. georgia 26%. florida 28% >> these are new younger...
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move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> smith: finally tonight, when you see how the japanese people are suffering in the wake of a natural disaster, the reaction is to want to help. that's exactly what some kids are doing as mark strassmann reports. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: when tsunami relief on their minds, kids in dallas squeezed the aid from lemons. a lemonade fund-raiser for japan. in an hour they raised more than $1,000. >> people all wonder why we're doing this right now. >> reporter: in atlanta... >> it really makes me want to help those people. >> reporter: kindergartener tuesday muse saw the destruction on television. like kids all over, she's trying to make sense of the unthinkable. >> i was, like, how can i help? could i do a sale
move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> smith: finally tonight, when you see how the japanese people are suffering in the wake of a natural disaster, the reaction is to want to help. that's exactly what...
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"i trained for a couple of days and it's not hard to use it" he told us. the lightly-trained rebels have run into trouble in the last few days. down the road, government forces have retaken the town. state t.v. showed these pictures and this chilling statement by a qaddafi supporter: >> reporter: underlying the message, images of captured rebels face down on the ground. the clearest sign yet that this conflict has reached a dangerous new stage. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf libya. >> couric: the trouble in libya has caused the price of gas here to soar. it's now up to an average of $3.52 a gallon. still, that's more than 50 cents less than the all-time high in 2008. back then, a lot of americans turned to mass transit to save money. but as ben tracy reports, commuters are finding a very different ride this time around. >> reporter: this is your 8:25 train? >> yup. >> reporter: okay, we'll hop on with you. >> okay. >> reporter: this morning in pasadena, california, we road the rails with jackie gilberto to downtown los angeles. she ditched her car. when
"i trained for a couple of days and it's not hard to use it" he told us. the lightly-trained rebels have run into trouble in the last few days. down the road, government forces have retaken the town. state t.v. showed these pictures and this chilling statement by a qaddafi supporter: >> reporter: underlying the message, images of captured rebels face down on the ground. the clearest sign yet that this conflict has reached a dangerous new stage. mandy clark, cbs news, ras lanuf...
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your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plavix without talking to your doctor as your risk of heart attack or stroke may increase. people with stomach ulcers or conditions that cause bleeding should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines, including aspirin, may increase bleeding risk, which can potentially be life threatening, so tell your doctor when planning surgery. tell your doctor all medicines you take, including aspirin, especially if you've had a stroke. if fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. these may be signs of ttp, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, reported sometimes less than two weeks after starting plavix. it's your fault. naturally, blame the mucus. well, i can't breathe. did you try blowing your nose? of course. [ both ] and nothing came out. instead of blaming me, try new advil congestion relief. what you probably have is swelling due to nasal inflammation, not mucus. and this can help? it treats the real
your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plavix without talking to your doctor as your risk of heart attack or stroke may increase. people with stomach ulcers or conditions that cause bleeding should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines, including aspirin, may increase bleeding risk, which can potentially be life threatening, so tell your doctor when planning surgery. tell your doctor all medicines you take, including aspirin,...
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. so i feel better by the time we tee off. want to transform dinner from blah to oh la la? cook with campbell's. with touches like a splash of fresh cream or sauterne wine. our soups help you put smiles on the faces of the ones you love. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >> couric: now to the drug wars. earlier this week we told you how a controversial operation by the a.t.f. may have helped put lethal weapons in the hands of mexican gangs. tonight sharyl attkisson reports some of those weapons have been implicated in the death of a u.s. border patrol agent. >> reporter: while a.t.f. was allegedly allowing mexican drug cartels be armed with assault rifles from the u.s., a special border patrol team in arizona was fighting, in part, with beanbag guns last december 14. that's according to newly released court doc
time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. so i feel better by the time we tee off. want to transform dinner from blah to oh la la? cook with campbell's. with touches like a splash of fresh cream or sauterne wine. our soups help you put smiles on the faces of the ones you love. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can...
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what they want to show us and the places they want to show us. today we were able to get away with a single miner who said "you can go wherever you want and you can speak with whoever you encounter." we saw this bustling vegetable market and started asking away. how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard dozens of times today. >> very good. very good. >> reporter: while other parts of libya may be ready for civil war. that's not what you hear in tripoli. >> you want to make change, you want to make a revolution, i'm with you guys. but the problem, when you start burning your country, you start killing the people-- why's that? >> reporter: call it group- think. maybe towing the company line. they do start pretty young here. the little girl says "allah, qaddafi, libya, and that's it." >> no one else but moammar qaddafi. >> reporter: tripoli streets were bustling with shops and folks going to work
what they want to show us and the places they want to show us. today we were able to get away with a single miner who said "you can go wherever you want and you can speak with whoever you encounter." we saw this bustling vegetable market and started asking away. how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard...
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and maybe a lot harder on us than we first thought. a new study says romantic heart break can actually result in real physical pain. ben tracy lets us down easy. >> reporter: the santa monica pier is often overrun with flocks of lovebirds. they do a lot of this. >> there's, like, no words for it really to explain. you know that it's love. >> reporter: but lakyta jones knows there are words when it ends. have you ever been dumped? >> yes. >> reporter: what did that feel like? >> heartbreaking. >> reporter: most of us have felt the pain. >> the gut punch. that's classic, man. you don't actually have to get hit to feel it. >> you feel like you're hyperventilating. >> just sick. like you just got punched in the stomach real hard. >> reporter: science is now trying to explain why getting our feelings hurt actually physically hurts. so researchers rounded up 40 people who had been broken up with in the past six months. in one test they touched them with a hot probe to make them feel physical pain and then in another test they made them focus
and maybe a lot harder on us than we first thought. a new study says romantic heart break can actually result in real physical pain. ben tracy lets us down easy. >> reporter: the santa monica pier is often overrun with flocks of lovebirds. they do a lot of this. >> there's, like, no words for it really to explain. you know that it's love. >> reporter: but lakyta jones knows there are words when it ends. have you ever been dumped? >> yes. >> reporter: what did that...
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the secrt word used during inspection. next on cbs 5 >> couric: we end with a child of the '70s all grown up now and the vigil she's kept for four decades for a missing american hero-- a vigil that's about to come to an end. here's steve hartman with tonight's "assignment america." >> reporter: while the war raged in vietnam, back home these became all the rage. metal bracelets sold by the millions, each bearing the name of a soldier who was either stale prisoner in vietnam or missing in action. the idea was to wear the bracelet and only take it off when your vet came home. the bracelets were especially popular with kids. like that 12-year-old girl from fremont, california, who got a bracelet in her christmas stocking in 1972. do you remember getting it? >> i was excited, i put it on right away, read the piece of paper that came with it and i thought "i'll keep it on until he comes home." >> reporter: kathy strong, now 50, still remembers the name, too, james moreland. he was a green beret that has been stationed in lang v
the secrt word used during inspection. next on cbs 5 >> couric: we end with a child of the '70s all grown up now and the vigil she's kept for four decades for a missing american hero-- a vigil that's about to come to an end. here's steve hartman with tonight's "assignment america." >> reporter: while the war raged in vietnam, back home these became all the rage. metal bracelets sold by the millions, each bearing the name of a soldier who was either stale prisoner in...
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time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. with heart-related chest pain or a heart attack known as acs, you may not want to face the fact that you're at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps protect people with acs against heart attack or stroke: people like you. it's one of the most researched prescription medicines. goes beyond what they do alone by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking and forming dangerous clots. plavix. protection against heart attack or stroke in people with acs. [ female announcer ] plavix is not for everyone. certain genetic factors and some medicines such as prilosec reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack
time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. but with zyrtec® liquid gels, i get fast, 24-hour allergy relief. so i feel better by the time we tee off. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. with heart-related chest pain or a heart attack known as acs, you may not want to face the fact that...
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move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> couric: no one knows the destructive power of nuclear radiation better than the japanese. 65 years ago at the end of world war ii, the u.s. dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. as many as 246,000 people died. now one japanese woman fears she's about to witness her second nuclear nightmare. >> so right now i'm making the wings. if you could fold 1,000 origami birds then you could recover from the illness, and that's the symbol of longevity and happiness in japan. >> couric: ritsuko komaki was two when an atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima. she and her family lived 200 miles away, but many of her relatives perished and her grandmother became terribly ill. >> her hair fell off and she had a nose bleed. but sh
move us all to a better place. and caltrate moves us. caltrate knows 80% of us don't get the calcium we need. and when we don't, our bodies steal it from our bones. caltrate helps put it back. with 1200 mg of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> couric: no one knows the destructive power of nuclear radiation better than the japanese. 65 years ago at the end of world war ii, the u.s. dropped atomic bombs on...
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, because a lot of people have denied us, you know, wouldn't help us. so she was there. >> reporter: in the 1980's declining health was only part of the problem that came with an aids diagnosis. >> if you had aids you were pretty much just shunned. >> reporter: taylor fought that stigma, says the doctor who treated her friend and costar, rock hudson, who died of aids. >> she knew in her heart that we would never get anywhere against this until we got a handle on the prejudice. >> reporter: michael smithwick, the executive director of maitri and h.i.v. positive himself for 30 years, remembers vividly how he felt when elizabeth taylor first took a stand for people like him. >> it was a sense of elation, and a sense of finally, finally someone has stepped forward and spoken to truth. and done so in a very brave way. >> reporter: it was perhaps the most dramatic act in a life that had plenty of drama. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorr
, because a lot of people have denied us, you know, wouldn't help us. so she was there. >> reporter: in the 1980's declining health was only part of the problem that came with an aids diagnosis. >> if you had aids you were pretty much just shunned. >> reporter: taylor fought that stigma, says the doctor who treated her friend and costar, rock hudson, who died of aids. >> she knew in her heart that we would never get anywhere against this until we got a handle on the...